Tarauacá River

	Tarauacá River Tarauacá River ( pt, Rio Tarauacá is a river of Amazonas and Acre states in western Brazil. The ''Rio Tarauacá'' is a tributary of the Juruá River, which itself flows into the Amazon. Course The headwaters of the Tarauacá are located near the Brazilian border with Peru. It is upper reaches it flows from south to north through the Alto Tarauacá Extractive Reserve, created in 2000. The Brazilian cities of Tarauacá and Eirunepé lie along the banks of the Tarauacá River further east. See also List of rivers of Acre List of rivers in Acre (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered from downstream to upstream. Acre is located entirely within the Amazon Basin. By ... List of rivers of Amazonas References Rivers of Acre (state) Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state) {{AmazonasBR-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Juruá River The Juruá River (Portuguese ''Rio Juruá''; Spanish ''Río Yuruá'') is a southern affluent river of the Amazon River west of the Purus River, sharing with this the bottom of the immense inland Amazon depression, and having all the characteristics of the Purus as regards curvature, sluggishness and general features of the low, half-flooded forest country it traverses. For most of its length the river flows through the Purus várzea ecoregion. This is surrounded by the Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion. It rises among the Ucayali highlands, and is navigable and unobstructed for a distance of above its junction with the Amazon. It has a total length of approximately , and is one of the longest tributaries of the Amazon. The Médio Juruá Extractive Reserve, created in 1997, is on the left bank of the river as it meanders in a generally northeast direction through the municipality of Carauari. The lower Juruá River forms the western boundary of the Baixo Juruá Extractive Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Acre (state) Acre () is a state located in the west of the North Region of Brazil and the Amazonia Legal. Located in the westernmost part of the country, at a two-hour time difference from Brasília, Acre is bordered clockwise by the Brazilian states of Amazonas and Rondônia to the north and east, the Bolivian department of Pando to the southeast, and the Peruvian regions of Madre de Dios, Ucayali and Loreto to the south and west. The state, which has 0.42% of the Brazilian population, generates 0.2% of the Brazilian GDP. Its capital and largest city is Rio Branco. Other important places include Cruzeiro do Sul, Sena Madureira, Tarauacá and Feijó. Intense extractive activity in the rubber industry, which reached its height in the early 20th century, attracted Brazilians from many regions to the state. From the mixture of sulista, southeastern Brazil, nordestino, and indigenous traditions arose a diverse cuisine. It combines sun-dried meat (carne-de-sol) with pirarucu, a typic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Amazonas (Brazilian State) Amazonas () is a state of Brazil, located in the North Region in the northwestern corner of the country. It is the largest Brazilian state by area and the 9th largest country subdivision in the world, and the largest in South America, being greater than the areas of Uruguay, Paraguay, and Chile combined. Mostly located in the Southern Hemisphere, it is the third largest country subdivision in the Southern Hemisphere after the Australian states of Western Australia and Queensland. Entirely in the Western Hemisphere, it is the fourth largest in the Western Hemisphere after Greenland, Nunavut and Alaska. It would be the sixteenth largest country in land area, slightly larger than Mongolia. Neighbouring states are (from the north clockwise) Roraima, Pará, Mato Grosso, Rondônia, and Acre. It also borders the nations of Peru, Colombia and Venezuela. This includes the Departments of Amazonas, Vaupés and Guainía in Colombia, as well as the Amazonas state in Venezuela, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 States of Brazil, states and the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese language, Portuguese as an List of territorial entities where Portuguese is an official language, official language and the only one in the Americas; one of the most Multiculturalism, multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass Immigration to Brazil, immigration from around the world; and the most populous Catholic Church by country, Roman Catholic-majority country. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Acurauá River The Acurauá River ( pt, Rio Acurauá is a river of Acre and Amazonas states in western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Tarauacá River. Course The river rises in the west of the state of Acre and runs in a northeast direction. After being crossed by the BR-364 highway it forms the eastern boundary of the Rio Gregório State Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2004. It then crosses into Amazonas state, where it joins the Tarauacá. See also List of rivers of Acre List of rivers in Acre (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered from downstream to upstream. Acre is located entirely within the Amazon Basin. By ... List of rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state) References Rivers of Acre (state) Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state) {{AmazonasBR-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean. The Irtysh is a chief tributary of the Ob river and is also the longest tributary river in the world with a length of . The Madeira River is the largest tributary river by volume in the world with an average discharge of . A confluence, where two or more bodies of water meet, usually refers to the joining of tributaries. The opposite to a tributary is a distributary, a river or stream that branches off from and flows away from the main stream."opposite to a tributary" PhysicalGeography.net, Michael Pidwirny & S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Amazon River The Amazon River (, ; es, Río Amazonas, pt, Rio Amazonas) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the disputed longest river system in the world in comparison to the Nile. The headwaters of the Apurímac River on Nevado Mismi had been considered for nearly a century as the Amazon basin's most distant source, until a 2014 study found it to be the headwaters of the Mantaro River on the Cordillera Rumi Cruz in Peru. The Mantaro and Apurímac rivers join, and with other tributaries form the Ucayali River, which in turn meets the Marañón River upstream of Iquitos, Peru, forming what countries other than Brazil consider to be the main stem of the Amazon. Brazilians call this section the Solimões River above its confluence with the Rio Negro forming what Brazilians call the Amazon at the Meeting of Waters ( pt, Encontro das Águas) at Manaus, the largest city on the river. The Amazon River has an average discharge of about – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Alto Tarauacá Extractive Reserve The Alto Tarauacá Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista do Alto Tarauacá) is an extractive reserve in the state of Acre, Brazil. Location The Alto Tarauacá Extractive Reserve is divided between the municipalities of Tarauacá (37.63%), Marechal Thaumaturgo (4.64%) and Jordão (62.37%) in the state of Acre. It has an area of . The Tarauacá River runs through the south of the reserve, then forms the eastern boundary of the north part of the reserve. The southwest of the reserve adjoins the Alto Juruá Extractive Reserve. The northwest of the reserve adjoins the Riozinho da Liberdade Extractive Reserve. The reserve would be included in the proposed Western Amazon Ecological Corridor. History The Alto Tarauacá Extractive Reserve was created by decree on 8 November 2000 with an area of about to ensure sustainable exploitation and conservation of renewable natural resources traditionally used by extractive populations. The reserve is classed as IUCN protected area c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Tarauacá Tarauacá () is a municipality located in the northwest of the Brazilian state of Acre. Tarauacá has a population of 43,151 people and has an area . Conservation The municipality contains 38% of the Alto Tarauacá Extractive Reserve The Alto Tarauacá Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista do Alto Tarauacá) is an extractive reserve in the state of Acre, Brazil. Location The Alto Tarauacá Extractive Reserve is divided between the municipalities of Tarauacá (37.63% ..., created in 2000. It contains the Rio Gregório State Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2004. It also contains the Mogno State Forest and the Rio Liberdade State Forest, two other sustainable use units created on the same date. Economy In 2017, Tarauacá had per capita GDP of 11.763,89 R$, total revenue of 71.657.950 R$, and total expenses of 63.519.410 R$. Climate Transportation Tarauacá is served by José Galera dos Santos Airport. References Municipalities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Eirunepé Eirunepé is a Brazilian municipality in the southwest part of the state of Amazonas, about 1,150 kilometers a straight line from Manaus and 2,417 kilometers by river, one of the cities furthest from its state capital. It is thought to have ecotourism potential. It is the fourth largest city in the Southwest region. The municipality contains 41.22% of the Rio Gregório Extractive Reserve. History In the last decades of the 19th century, attracted by the extraction of latex, the pinnacle of the economy of the Amazon at the time, and fleeing from the drought in the Brazilian Northeast region, peoples from Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte and Paraíba states, arrived in Juruá and took up residence in the rubber, giving rise to the first villages. It was in this historical context that the settlement began in the city today called Eirunepé. The first inhabitants were brought by men Northeastern Felipe Manoel da Cunha. As there was a major lack of white women, these men i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	List Of Rivers Of Acre List of rivers in Acre (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered from downstream to upstream. Acre is located entirely within the Amazon Basin. By Drainage Basin * ''Amazon River'' (Pará, Amazonas) ''Madeira River'' (Amazonas, Rondônia) * Abunã River ** Xipamanu River * Iná River Purus River * Ituxi River (Iquiri River) * Acre River ** Antimary River Andirá River Branco River * Espalha River Xapuri River * Iaco River ** Caeté River Macauã River Igarapé Riozinho * Chandless River ** Igarapé Cochichá Igarapé Sindrichal * Santa Rosa River * Chambuiaco River Juruá River * Tarauacá River Envira River * Jurupari River * Igarapé Paraná * Rio Jaminauá Acurauá River Muru River Jordão River * Gregório River * Liberdade River * Moa River ** Az ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	List Of Rivers Of Amazonas (Brazilian State) List of rivers in Amazonas (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered from downstream to upstream. Amazonas is located entirely within the Amazon Basin. By Drainage Basin * Amazon River (includes Solimões) Tapajós River * Juruena River ** Bararati River Nhamundá River * Piratucu River Mamuru River * Uaicurapa River Andirá River Paraná Urariá (Amazon and Madeira side channel) * Maués Açu River ** Urupadi River Amanã River Paracori River Parauari River * Apoquitaua River * Paraconi River * Abacaxis River ** Marimari River * Canumã River ** Mapiá Grande River Acari River Camaiú River Sucunduri River Uatumã River * Jatapu River Capucapu River * Pitinga River Urubu River Madeira River * Prêto do Igapó-Açu River Autaz-mirim River Tupana River Matupiri River ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]